Personally, I love snakes, but many people can't say the same. Whether you like them or not, they play a beneficial role in your garden's ecosystem (if you want to keep your plants, anyway). This ...

While many snakes are harmless, stumbling upon them while doing your chores isn't fun. Here's how to avoid a surprise ...

In winter, when the temperature drops below 60, copperheads and other snake become lethargic, but aren’t totally asleep.

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey ...

The US meat industry has had a long love affair with three major sources of protein: cows, pigs, and chickens. While you can find different animals if you peruse your grocery store, the Big Three ...

Someone once asked me if pine snakes eat pine cones. The answer is no. The name refers not to what they eat but to where many of them live, in longleaf pine forests. But someone who does not know that ...

But there’s nothing supernatural about how snakes move. So how exactly do they get around without legs? They do it by ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. It’s summertime, which means snakes (and soon, cicadas) are emerging. In the Triangle and central North Carolina, most of the snakes ...